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ronald reagan son endorsed newt, and nancy reagan said we are handing off the mantle from reagan to newt. even mitt wouldn't back up the on the ronald reagan stuff. and let's put that aside for a minute. here is the underlying issue. our country is in deep trouble. this is where i am coming from. our country is possibly on the brink. we have to make basic divisions. our economy stopped, and for all practical purposes i think the fed indicated they expected that to happen in the foreseeable future with the interest rate statement that they made the other day. we're in serious trouble. we have a president that is out there now trying to divide the american people and mislead the american people, saying good news, we are importing less oil than before, and it's because of the obama recession that we're importing less oil. that's like congratulating a sick person for losing weight. we have to have somebody who is courageous, who is tough, who can challenge obama on his policies but the underpinnings of the policies. we don't need a data processor, even somebody who has been a very successful
ronald reagan son endorsed newt, and nancy reagan said we are handing off the mantle from reagan to newt. even mitt wouldn't back up the on the ronald reagan stuff. and let's put that aside for a minute. here is the underlying issue. our country is in deep trouble. this is where i am coming from. our country is possibly on the brink. we have to make basic divisions. our economy stopped, and for all practical purposes i think the fed indicated they expected that to happen in the foreseeable...
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romney talking about ronald reagan, obama talking about ronald reagan. let's just watch. >> ronald reagan who as i recall is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist, he could not get through a republican primary today. >> i actually think ronald reagan would win handily in a primary and frankly in all the primaries as i look to what the president said, there were so many things i found to be distortions and inaccuracies, it's hard 0 give a full list. >> are these the main themes, chuck, we're going to be seeing? >> well, i think what you saw is we have the two also sort of strategies coming out here. yes, we have this vision sort of two-party vision that i think is going on. i'm starting to wonder out loud if we're going to almost have like a parliamentarily style offering from the two parties and you know, winner takes all type of thing. i think there's some gee graphic and map issues when it comes to senate and house races. ultimately, there seems to be two very stark camps. the other thing i notice is what the president did yesterday -- tie mit
romney talking about ronald reagan, obama talking about ronald reagan. let's just watch. >> ronald reagan who as i recall is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist, he could not get through a republican primary today. >> i actually think ronald reagan would win handily in a primary and frankly in all the primaries as i look to what the president said, there were so many things i found to be distortions and inaccuracies, it's hard 0 give a full list. >> are these the...
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when ronald reagan was reelected in 1984, ronald reagan won this many states on the electoral map. you can stop your counting. he won 49. ronald reagan, 49 states. it was a landslide. look at the electoral vote tally. ronald reagan, 525, walter mondale, 25. president reagan decided what he was going to sail toward, what he would prioritize after that overwhelming endorsement of him as president, what he would work on was war in central america. >> president reagan warned of a new danger, support for the leftist government from nicaragua. the president sees that as still another reason we should renew our support of the rebels. >> a new danger we see in central america is the support being given by gadhafi's libya and most recently iran. >> the iranian connection was brought up as he put pressure on congress to resume funding for the rebels in nicaragua. >> countering this by supporting freedom fighters is essentially acting in self-defense. >> self-defense, which would be true if he were the president of nicaragua. but as president of the united states of america, president reagan
when ronald reagan was reelected in 1984, ronald reagan won this many states on the electoral map. you can stop your counting. he won 49. ronald reagan, 49 states. it was a landslide. look at the electoral vote tally. ronald reagan, 525, walter mondale, 25. president reagan decided what he was going to sail toward, what he would prioritize after that overwhelming endorsement of him as president, what he would work on was war in central america. >> president reagan warned of a new danger,...
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reagan, in uttering the words ronald reagan. you can just say ronald reagan like a spell, and wonderful things begin to happen. in the 2008 presidential campaign, former massachusetts governor mitt romney introduced his reagan zone of economic freedom. not the romney zone of economic freedom, mr. romney does not have that sort of power yet. it was the reagan zone of economic freedom. president obama in his foreign policy team have pursued a misbehavior to the world trade organization to try to stop china from cheating wherever possible and question their human rights, but romney thinks that turns america into a door mat. he thinks president obama is letting china walk all over him. he would not push china on that wto stuff. his solution instead is to create a reagan zone. a reagan zone for all of the countries around china. while it is extremely unlikely china would join the reagan zone, our offer to allow china to join would modify their trade and industrial behavior. seriously, that's the plan. it's up there on the current cam
reagan, in uttering the words ronald reagan. you can just say ronald reagan like a spell, and wonderful things begin to happen. in the 2008 presidential campaign, former massachusetts governor mitt romney introduced his reagan zone of economic freedom. not the romney zone of economic freedom, mr. romney does not have that sort of power yet. it was the reagan zone of economic freedom. president obama in his foreign policy team have pursued a misbehavior to the world trade organization to try to...
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mitt romney is not ronald reagan. what was striking is how many republicans were willing to say on the record that the comparison just doesn't cut the mustard. those things you just mentioned. the economy is so much weaker, very different electorate. ronald reagan didn't have a tough primary battle the way that mitt romney did. but the biggest difference between these two elections is that the country was so different then. the south was still considered democratic. it was only beginning to trend republican. so the week before the election, you had ronald reagan c campaigning in new york city trying to win new york. jimmy carter was campaigning in texas, unimaginable today. it was a very different map, and that's one of the reasons that it's so hard for romney to win this election. what's amazing is we've seen republicans make this ronald reagan comparison before. about four years ago when john mccain fell in the polls, his people also trying to draw that comparison. >> to your point, let me put up the screen on the r
mitt romney is not ronald reagan. what was striking is how many republicans were willing to say on the record that the comparison just doesn't cut the mustard. those things you just mentioned. the economy is so much weaker, very different electorate. ronald reagan didn't have a tough primary battle the way that mitt romney did. but the biggest difference between these two elections is that the country was so different then. the south was still considered democratic. it was only beginning to...
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he's a self-proclaimed ronald reagan, jeb bush republican and his views on abortion are the same at akin. >> is he right? are you pro-life? a jeb bush republican? what are you? >> i'm a proud floridian and a proud american. i believe in the values that my parents raised me and my three sisters by, and that is to do unto others and you would have done to you, that you would respect other people. when i embrace the president when he came to ft. myers in 2009 to talk about the recovery act, i embraced him and that proposal on two fronts. number one, i knew it was good for our state. we're in a deep economic hole. we're about to go off the economic cliff. but number two, you treat the president of the united states with the respect that that office deserves and it was important to me to do that and if other people have a hard time being respectful to people like the president of the united states, it really doesn't bother me. he said i'm an opportunist. listen, in the past two weeks it's been an opportunity to get my head bashed in. if anybody thinks that's a fun thing to go through, they're
he's a self-proclaimed ronald reagan, jeb bush republican and his views on abortion are the same at akin. >> is he right? are you pro-life? a jeb bush republican? what are you? >> i'm a proud floridian and a proud american. i believe in the values that my parents raised me and my three sisters by, and that is to do unto others and you would have done to you, that you would respect other people. when i embrace the president when he came to ft. myers in 2009 to talk about the recovery...
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he was using that story as a way of praising ronald reagan. i want no more national security meetings over the next 100 days. wasn't that great he did that? this is sort of amazing. the idea that a president could opt out of working on foreign policy. say, that's not my area of focus. i need to focus on something else. when mitt romney suggested in july to those donors that that would be his approach as president, even mr. romney's supporters on the right got mad at him for saying that. a former george bush speech writer saying, the fact he thought it would be desirable to ignore the world for 100 days is troubling. the fact that romney is recounting this anecdote does not reflect his understanding of the job he's campaigning for. there's no foreign policy subject on which i agree with either of those guys. they are absolutely the opposite end of the number line for me in terms of what i think america should do in the world. but even though i would agree with these guys on nothing else, on this, yeah, duh, i think we can agree that foreign pol
he was using that story as a way of praising ronald reagan. i want no more national security meetings over the next 100 days. wasn't that great he did that? this is sort of amazing. the idea that a president could opt out of working on foreign policy. say, that's not my area of focus. i need to focus on something else. when mitt romney suggested in july to those donors that that would be his approach as president, even mr. romney's supporters on the right got mad at him for saying that. a...
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. >>> president ronald reagan was re-elected in 1980. you don't wait for the second term to get started you get on it both to give yourself time to get those nominees elected but frankly because the country gave you a national endorsement by re-electing you. you would like to name that nominee quickly after the election. your plit kal capital after the election. ronald reagan was elected in 1984 by a lot. within 23 days he had named his nominees. then clinton named his within 30 days. in 2004 it was president george w. bush. and within eight days of being re-elected. ronald reagan was elected in 1984 by a lot. within 23 days he had named his nominees. then clinton named his within 30 days. in 2004 it was president george w. bush. and within eight days of being re-elected. president obama, the 44th president. so far 44 days, and counting. it has been 44 days since the election and he has not named a single nominee for his single term cabinet. why is that? nobody knows but republican seem to be psyched about it. or maybe the term you are l
. >>> president ronald reagan was re-elected in 1980. you don't wait for the second term to get started you get on it both to give yourself time to get those nominees elected but frankly because the country gave you a national endorsement by re-electing you. you would like to name that nominee quickly after the election. your plit kal capital after the election. ronald reagan was elected in 1984 by a lot. within 23 days he had named his nominees. then clinton named his within 30 days....
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. >> ronald reagan did not do this. i served with ronald reagan. ronald reagan had a massive tax cut and it did not work he ended up raising taxes 11 times. ronald reagan did not do this. ronald reagan couldn't even be the standard bearer this time based on what he did. >> it is so true that ronald reagan could not possibly win the nomination this year among republicans since he actually raised taxes as governor and president. >> and would be hard even with his reputation now as the ultimate cold warrior. he could never have gone out there saying, as mitt romney did, well they kept the drones and we should go in there and bomb the place or invade. that was mitt romney's position in the primaries. ronald reagan never took those positions. well, there was grenada. there was such a wide gap over these many decades between the ronald reagan who actually was president and the ronald reagan that they think they're following. >> the bombing of the marine bar racks during reagan and he just retreated. ari, 13 days is going to go so fast. where do you think
. >> ronald reagan did not do this. i served with ronald reagan. ronald reagan had a massive tax cut and it did not work he ended up raising taxes 11 times. ronald reagan did not do this. ronald reagan couldn't even be the standard bearer this time based on what he did. >> it is so true that ronald reagan could not possibly win the nomination this year among republicans since he actually raised taxes as governor and president. >> and would be hard even with his reputation now...
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reagan on social security reform we can add years of solvency and to medicare and do it and increase benefits like with obama care and we need both sides to be willing. i know the democrats are willing. president obama's willing to sit down at the table. what we don't need to do i can tell you is cut benefits. that's something that i don't think is the first thing that should be put forward. we have a lot of opportunity to continue to make reforms in medicare, make sure we build in more efficiencies to the program so we can add the years of solvency. >> what about eligibility age change? >> well, eligibility age change would fall in the realm of benefit cuts. we need to focus like i said first on making sure we build in more efficiencies to the program. we have been able to from obama care make sure that with that $716 billion in savings plowed in to waste, fraud and abuse -- fighting waste, fraud and abuse we have collected more than $10 billion in fraudulent medicare payments and we can make more progress in that area, as well. >> thank you so much. i greatly appreciate you joining
reagan on social security reform we can add years of solvency and to medicare and do it and increase benefits like with obama care and we need both sides to be willing. i know the democrats are willing. president obama's willing to sit down at the table. what we don't need to do i can tell you is cut benefits. that's something that i don't think is the first thing that should be put forward. we have a lot of opportunity to continue to make reforms in medicare, make sure we build in more...
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ronald reagan. ronald reagan. ronald reagan. president reagan. >> gingrich exaggerates, dropping reagan's name 50 time bus in his diaries, gingrich mentioned reagan only once. reagan criticized gingrich saying "newt's's ideas would crime our defense program." reagan rejected newt's ideas on leadership and character and beginning vich no ronald reagan. restore our future is responsible for the content of this message. >> gingrich hit back against that super pac ad last night, arguing that he is more like reagan than is mitt romney. >> governor romney cannot defend his record, he can't defend his past, kent defend what he's done and so his goal is to somehow throw enough mud at me. and i think it's all gonna wash off because the american people are smart enough. i first met with ronald reagan in 1974, i campaigned with him in 1980, i helped him for eight years while he was president, i have made a movie about him, i have written a book about him. to suggest that governor romney is more reagan like than i am is an ac
ronald reagan. ronald reagan. ronald reagan. president reagan. >> gingrich exaggerates, dropping reagan's name 50 time bus in his diaries, gingrich mentioned reagan only once. reagan criticized gingrich saying "newt's's ideas would crime our defense program." reagan rejected newt's ideas on leadership and character and beginning vich no ronald reagan. restore our future is responsible for the content of this message. >> gingrich hit back against that super pac ad last...
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. >> governor, it took three years for the best negotiator in the business, ronald reagan, to achieve tax reform back in 1986. three years. >> only took us seven months under bush one. we put together a package because the president led that. the president met with foley, the president met with mitchell, he went down to congress to meet with them. he met with them in the white house. i was involve in negotiations with them and saw a president show leadership to get a bipartisan agreement. it didn't take him three years. it took him seven months. >> and the bush tax cuts are going to be continued by a president romney and then he will first begin negotiating with a new congress to try to come up with the money to pay for them? the bush tax cuts were continued by barack obama in 2010. they're in place now because barack obama supported them. he supported them because he recognized, as he said then, raising taxes when the economy is loudy is the wrong thing to do. he may not know it, but the economy is still lousy. you don't raise taxes now when the economy is lousy. >> to be continued,
. >> governor, it took three years for the best negotiator in the business, ronald reagan, to achieve tax reform back in 1986. three years. >> only took us seven months under bush one. we put together a package because the president led that. the president met with foley, the president met with mitchell, he went down to congress to meet with them. he met with them in the white house. i was involve in negotiations with them and saw a president show leadership to get a bipartisan...
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. >> but ronald reagan, people forget, before the debate, ronald reagan was painted as this looney, right-wing fanatic that would start world war iii, dr. strangelove, and it was the debate that stuck a needle in that balloon. >> i remember it well. >> not even born yet. i mean, this is romney's chance. >> sure. >> to connect with the american people. >> to pick up on mike's point, fascinating number from the poll is this. 51% of people who said they had heard or read something about romney in the last couple weeks said what they had heard or read made them think more negatively about him. more positively, that number was 48%. they've heard him going into this debate. this provides them a chance to say, listen, that guy you saw in the video, that's not me. i'm a different type of person. he can reset in that sense. i'm sort of with al on this. i spent a lot of time over the past week watching all of romney's debates from 2002. i watched every single debate. there were five of them. i read hundreds of clips in 2002. he was against a democrat. >> you really should get a life. >> i know, it's pat
. >> but ronald reagan, people forget, before the debate, ronald reagan was painted as this looney, right-wing fanatic that would start world war iii, dr. strangelove, and it was the debate that stuck a needle in that balloon. >> i remember it well. >> not even born yet. i mean, this is romney's chance. >> sure. >> to connect with the american people. >> to pick up on mike's point, fascinating number from the poll is this. 51% of people who said they had...
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ronald reagan. ronald reagan. ronald reagan. president reagan. >> but in his diaries, reagan mentioned gingrich only once. reagan criticized gingrich saying "newt's ideas would cripple our defense programs." on leadership and character, gingrich is no ronald reagan. >> last night, gingrich returned fire on the attack. >> governor romney was against ronald reagan. governor romney 1994 senate race he was opposed to going back to the reagan/bush policies. governor romney was giving money to democrats to suggest that governor romney is more reagan-like than i am is an act of total fantasy. >> the candidates were doing their best to play to the hometown florida crowd. some other remarks. >> could you be the first hispanic president? >> i would love to be able to convince people of that particular any a florida primary. i don't think people would think i was being honest with them if i said i was mexican-american but i appreciate it you would get that word out. >> by the end of my second term -- [ cheers and applausecha
ronald reagan. ronald reagan. ronald reagan. president reagan. >> but in his diaries, reagan mentioned gingrich only once. reagan criticized gingrich saying "newt's ideas would cripple our defense programs." on leadership and character, gingrich is no ronald reagan. >> last night, gingrich returned fire on the attack. >> governor romney was against ronald reagan. governor romney 1994 senate race he was opposed to going back to the reagan/bush policies. governor...
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>> first of all, neither newt gingrich or rick santorum are ronald reagan. >> fair enough. caveat aside. >> mitt romney is not gerald ford in that he doesn't have ford's 30 years in office plus all the powers and perks of the presidency. but there was a -- they were right in that the ideological divide in the party and also a cultural divide in the party between what we now call the establishment and the populace side of the republican party n that regard, they were right r >> mitt romney, if he wins this nomination what does it mean -- wins the presidency is that going to hurt the conservative movement or helps him? >> depend what is he does and how conservatives react to what it does. what happened the last 24 hours, working momgate, i guess we should call it, was just the gift that some conservatives needed, just the excuse to -- >> to jump on. >> exactly. >> we saw they were ready to rally probably quicker than the romney folks thought. >> it was like man nah from heaven for him if romney had is a say said something conservatives said you we heard it before, but now he
>> first of all, neither newt gingrich or rick santorum are ronald reagan. >> fair enough. caveat aside. >> mitt romney is not gerald ford in that he doesn't have ford's 30 years in office plus all the powers and perks of the presidency. but there was a -- they were right in that the ideological divide in the party and also a cultural divide in the party between what we now call the establishment and the populace side of the republican party n that regard, they were right r...
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go back and read what the editorial board of "the new york times" wrote about ronald reagan. go back and read what main -- i mean, my god, seriously? if somebody decided to just write a book on slanderous quotes against ronald reagan throughout the 1980s by the people now saying, well, you know, he was a reasonable republican, that would be a fun book to read. >> but what do you think about that argument that, ronald reagan wouldn't recognize his own party? >> it's very simple. very, very simple. and we go back to father pat buchanan, who always -- >> mon-signore. >> and this is the way that -- i mean, you should look at it. he always talked about political athletes. barack obama was a great political athlete. hillary clinton, a great political athlete. in 2012, the conservatives were the clunkers. that didn't run the 4.3 40. they run the 7.4 40 while eating a big mac and smoking a cigarette. and mitt romney wasn't flashy, but the moderate this year had the best operation, was best in the debates, and was the best political athlete, which again is not saying a whole lot. but
go back and read what the editorial board of "the new york times" wrote about ronald reagan. go back and read what main -- i mean, my god, seriously? if somebody decided to just write a book on slanderous quotes against ronald reagan throughout the 1980s by the people now saying, well, you know, he was a reasonable republican, that would be a fun book to read. >> but what do you think about that argument that, ronald reagan wouldn't recognize his own party? >> it's very...
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the handing out checks is an old mean going back to the days of ronald reagan and before that. even back to the '70s. so i think that what interested me was that michael told me just what a storm of hatred his own column unleashed today, which is very interesting. i think what's going on, on the fringes of the republican side and you can see it from the polling, there's more intensity on the republican side. not as many strong supporters of romney as obama, but those who are for romney are very strong. but the irony is they're strong for him not because they like him, they're strong for mitt romney because they intensely dislike the president. >> the fact that the north, the west, the midwest all support obama but the south intensely dislikes him. >> that's why the national poll numbers are as close as it is, because barack obama is through the floor in the south. and it could end up that the south will be solid once again. it goes back to the civil war and slavery and still there. >> let many ask chuck, could it be that the president, knowing that he would never get electoral
the handing out checks is an old mean going back to the days of ronald reagan and before that. even back to the '70s. so i think that what interested me was that michael told me just what a storm of hatred his own column unleashed today, which is very interesting. i think what's going on, on the fringes of the republican side and you can see it from the polling, there's more intensity on the republican side. not as many strong supporters of romney as obama, but those who are for romney are very...
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reagan did that, was a great communicator, mitt romney is not, so perhaps ronald reagan would do very well and greg shirry's critique attacks like this from jeb bush are what we're seeing from the democratic party right now, which is too much in party fighting which is not what the republicans need. we're seeing this from various corners from the republican party and greg is saying enough with this reagan talk and whether reagan would win now. thinks a good case ronald reagan would win in today's republican party. >> that argument was made on the air. i don't buy it. what do you think is going on? the party? everyone denies it. very key people are saying it. >> i was very close, not necessarily personally with jeb, but certainly when jeb was governor of florida and we were in constant communication. i was a huge supporter of his. jeb was one of the most conservative rulers i've seen, governors i've ever seen. he fought on vouchers. it was a war, i mean tallahassee was shut down, he won florida, a battle on affirmative action, he fought republicans on spending, he was the conservative'
reagan did that, was a great communicator, mitt romney is not, so perhaps ronald reagan would do very well and greg shirry's critique attacks like this from jeb bush are what we're seeing from the democratic party right now, which is too much in party fighting which is not what the republicans need. we're seeing this from various corners from the republican party and greg is saying enough with this reagan talk and whether reagan would win now. thinks a good case ronald reagan would win in...
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reagan supported and ronald reagan, were he able to talk about it, would likely not support barack obama. he would be supporting mitt romney. that being said, it's good for a democrat to speak well of democrats, democrats speak well of republicans. that's the point here. the battle is for the middle and i think it's going to be a hard-fought battle to win swing voters and independents. >> if we buy into that sort of strategy, the reason that both sides are doing it, i'm trying to figure out why romney has multiple times brought up, and not in a favorable light, former president jimmy carter. take a listen to that. >> it was the most antismall business administration i've seen probably since carter. who would guess we would look back at the carter as the good ol' days. >> romney asked if he would have ordered that strike to kill osama bin laden and he said, quote, even jimmy carter would have given that order. so, daniela, what's the point here, do you think? >> i think he's just trying to, obviously, get some cheap digs in at former president carter. honestly, he's a little -- it's benea
reagan supported and ronald reagan, were he able to talk about it, would likely not support barack obama. he would be supporting mitt romney. that being said, it's good for a democrat to speak well of democrats, democrats speak well of republicans. that's the point here. the battle is for the middle and i think it's going to be a hard-fought battle to win swing voters and independents. >> if we buy into that sort of strategy, the reason that both sides are doing it, i'm trying to figure...
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. >>> for general electric, here is ronald reagan. >> good evening. tonight john forsyth stars on the general electric theater. >> it was on this day in 1953 general electric theater premiered. the next year the show picked up a host, a movie actor some guy named ronald reagan. i think it worked out for him. >>> the republican field in nevada are already flying on the negative ads. hear rick santorum's late's tack ad. >> who are these three cap and trade loving bailout supporting soft on immigration big government mandating politicians? now you know. >> huh. somebody was missing there. that's interesting. we'll talk about that in a second. i want to bring in my panel, alex wagner host of "now alex wagner" "the national review" ryan hans salam and the john from the political review. >> rick santorum claims he's going to attack mitt romney today but i don't want anybody to watch it so i'm going to wait until today, not when i have a national platform. >> gingrich is his guy. he is going for the gingrich vote. this is not waiting for goudeaux but implode
. >>> for general electric, here is ronald reagan. >> good evening. tonight john forsyth stars on the general electric theater. >> it was on this day in 1953 general electric theater premiered. the next year the show picked up a host, a movie actor some guy named ronald reagan. i think it worked out for him. >>> the republican field in nevada are already flying on the negative ads. hear rick santorum's late's tack ad. >> who are these three cap and trade...
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obama needs to be ronald reagan. would i vote for revenues, including tax rate hikes, even though i don't like them to save the country from becoming greece but i'm not going to set aside the 1.2 trillion in cuts. any hope of going over the fiscal cliff must start in the senate. not one democrat would support the idea that we could protect 99% of americans from a tax increase. boehner's plan b i thought made as soon as. to my republican colleagues, the ronald reagan model is if you get 80% of what you want, that's a good day. i like simpson-bowles. the president is going to get tax rate hikes. to my republican colleagues, if we can protect 99% of the public from a tax hike that, is not a tax increase in my book. chuck, maybe you and me and some other people in the senate can find a way to find this on the short term but on the long term there's not going to be a deal >> you think we're going to go over the cliff? >> i think we're going to fall out of the fiscal tree. the big chance at the big deal is at the debt ceil
obama needs to be ronald reagan. would i vote for revenues, including tax rate hikes, even though i don't like them to save the country from becoming greece but i'm not going to set aside the 1.2 trillion in cuts. any hope of going over the fiscal cliff must start in the senate. not one democrat would support the idea that we could protect 99% of americans from a tax increase. boehner's plan b i thought made as soon as. to my republican colleagues, the ronald reagan model is if you get 80% of...
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we heard it back in 1976 when we chose jerry ford over ronald reagan. we heard it four years later when those supported george bush over reagan. we heard it in '96 when we nominated bob dole and four years ago we nominated john mccain. we need to nominate someone who's going to appeal to the middle, someone who can win. ladies and gentlemen, when we've nominated people who don't stand for the values that make this republican party what it is, who don't have the courage of their convictions, who aren't well-oiled, who are not people that will make the election and we will win this election if we have someone who goes out and paints full contrast. someone that america trusts to do what in our heart we know needs to be done. to get washington under control. ladies and gentlemen, if you look at the candidates in this race, it's no longer a question as to who will beat barack obama. if you look at the polls today, one came out of rasmussen had president and me beating barack obama by one point [ applause ] we still have a ways to go in name recognition acros
we heard it back in 1976 when we chose jerry ford over ronald reagan. we heard it four years later when those supported george bush over reagan. we heard it in '96 when we nominated bob dole and four years ago we nominated john mccain. we need to nominate someone who's going to appeal to the middle, someone who can win. ladies and gentlemen, when we've nominated people who don't stand for the values that make this republican party what it is, who don't have the courage of their convictions, who...
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bush when he was re-elected and bill clinton and ronald reagan when he was re-elected. the president can deal with the market's concerns about whether he needs to reach a deal by doing that. >> let me reiterate what we were talking about earlier this hour, you all in particular have been discussing and looking at cabinet decisions. we have reported that there has been conversation about the future of david petraeus. that he was, according to all reports from people out in langley, at the white house yesterday, and, in fact, canceled a very important meeting scheduled with outside visitors telling them -- the staff telling them he'd gone to see the president. apparently that was not the case. he was seeing somebody else in the white house, the national security team presumably. there has been conversation according to senior officials about the future of david petraeus, how long he'll stay in the administration. we have repeated that no resignation has been offered. none is apparently envisioned at this time. none has been requested. there is conversation about how long
bush when he was re-elected and bill clinton and ronald reagan when he was re-elected. the president can deal with the market's concerns about whether he needs to reach a deal by doing that. >> let me reiterate what we were talking about earlier this hour, you all in particular have been discussing and looking at cabinet decisions. we have reported that there has been conversation about the future of david petraeus. that he was, according to all reports from people out in langley, at the...
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reagan, are any of these candidates ronald reagan? >> even ideologically, i don't think so. >> let's talk about where we are right now. people are undecided. we've got congressmen, iowa congressmen who can't make a decision on caucus day, chris matthews. this is a boring field. this is seriously -- it's deadly. it's deadly. >> you know what it reminds me of? replacement year in the nfl, remember "replacement year," the gene hackman movie. >> i think we're all feeling that, since members of the media -- >> we want a better show. >> we outweigh the people at the events. >> and by the way, it's not -- we're not just talking about the democrats. anybody that saw mike huckabee work a crowd, deliver a speech -- >> exactly, great characters. >> you would sit there, chris, and pat buchanan always talks about political athletes. . >> mm-hmm. >> we don't have political athletes in this field this year, whereas four years ago, they were all over the place. >> did you see christie out here, governor christie in new jersey -- >> there is a politic
reagan, are any of these candidates ronald reagan? >> even ideologically, i don't think so. >> let's talk about where we are right now. people are undecided. we've got congressmen, iowa congressmen who can't make a decision on caucus day, chris matthews. this is a boring field. this is seriously -- it's deadly. it's deadly. >> you know what it reminds me of? replacement year in the nfl, remember "replacement year," the gene hackman movie. >> i think we're all...
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it's like ronald reagan. ronald reagan, yes, ronald reagan, grit debater, great communicator, but mike, you remember, everybody thought ronald reagan was crazy. jimmy carter had been saying he was going to blow up the world. ronald reagan just had to convince people that he was less like the mad hatter and more like grandpa. and the expectations were low. so romney's expectations are so low here that when he stands toe to toe with obama and beats him in a debate even by a little bit -- >> well, that's a strategy. lower the bar. >> -- then he wins. zmoo that's a whole new narrative for him. he's not going to get there. the clip we just showed of governor romney down in saras a sarasota, florida, basically saying the president just said washington can't be changed from within. we've got to get him out now. i just don't think people listen to that stuff. for the life of me, i don't understand why the governor and his campaign don't have one set speech basically saying here's how i'm going to put this country to
it's like ronald reagan. ronald reagan, yes, ronald reagan, grit debater, great communicator, but mike, you remember, everybody thought ronald reagan was crazy. jimmy carter had been saying he was going to blow up the world. ronald reagan just had to convince people that he was less like the mad hatter and more like grandpa. and the expectations were low. so romney's expectations are so low here that when he stands toe to toe with obama and beats him in a debate even by a little bit -- >>...
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look at it, the party brand, i have always believed, mitt romney could have been ronald reagan, but the party brand was in worse shape than when reagan ever ran. i have always thought there was a 50-pound weight mitt romney was dragging around. >> let's go through them. apparently they're not popular with hispanics, with sue sur ban women, not with younger voters under 35, not with even white independent voters which surprises me. what do you make of that? all these negatives. >> you just outlined sort of the future swing vote for the 2016 and 2020 election. i mean, look -- >> young people will get older and they will vote. >> suburban women, that's a there's where republicans have to do better. white voters in general, white independents. this is the problem, chris. it's across the board, and that's why it's not just -- chuck rightly points out, it's not just an election, it's not just a candidate. you're making a mistake if you're saying this is about mitt romney. not really. this is about the fate of a republican brand. chuck mentioned 2010. i look at 2010, 2010 almost in retrospect
look at it, the party brand, i have always believed, mitt romney could have been ronald reagan, but the party brand was in worse shape than when reagan ever ran. i have always thought there was a 50-pound weight mitt romney was dragging around. >> let's go through them. apparently they're not popular with hispanics, with sue sur ban women, not with younger voters under 35, not with even white independent voters which surprises me. what do you make of that? all these negatives. >>...
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the ronald reagan smoeld if you get 80% of what you want, that's a pretty good day. we have the same objective of lower taxes. i lime simpson/bowles, eliminate deduksz and lower rates and put money on the debt. tax rate hikes are a partisan solution presented by the solution and he'll get tax rate hikes to. my republican colleagues, if we can protect 99% of americans from a tax hike, that's not a tax increase in my book so, chuck, maybe me and you and some other people in the senate can find a way to solve this in the short term but in the long term there won't be a deal. >> you think we're going over the cliff? >> i think we're going fall out of fiscal tree. the big chance for a big deal is at the debt ceiling. that's when we'll have leverage to turn the country around, prevent it from become greece and saving social security and medicare. i will raise the debt ceiling only if we save medicare and social security from insolvency. no more borrowing without addressing why we're in debt to begin with. that's where the real chance for change occurs at debt ceiling debat
the ronald reagan smoeld if you get 80% of what you want, that's a pretty good day. we have the same objective of lower taxes. i lime simpson/bowles, eliminate deduksz and lower rates and put money on the debt. tax rate hikes are a partisan solution presented by the solution and he'll get tax rate hikes to. my republican colleagues, if we can protect 99% of americans from a tax hike, that's not a tax increase in my book so, chuck, maybe me and you and some other people in the senate can find a...
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it came from ronald reagan during his debate with jimmy carter. reagan posed a simple question. >> are you better off than you were four years ago? >> four years later president reagan was 73 facing concerns about his age, an issue compounded by his shaky first debate and then turned the weakness into a strength with this line. >> i want you to know that also i will not make age an issue of this campaign. i am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. >> bill clinton was on the other side of that equation while debating another 73 year old. this one was former senator bob dole. clinton handled the issue this way. >> i don't think senator bill is too old to be president. it's the age of his ideas that i question. >> so we'll have to wait and see if there is a memorable moment tonight that can shape the final month of the race. sometimes it is a one liner. sometimes it is a facial expression. >>> white house soup of the day. that is good soup. i wish i were eating it today. coconut shrimp. you are watching "th
it came from ronald reagan during his debate with jimmy carter. reagan posed a simple question. >> are you better off than you were four years ago? >> four years later president reagan was 73 facing concerns about his age, an issue compounded by his shaky first debate and then turned the weakness into a strength with this line. >> i want you to know that also i will not make age an issue of this campaign. i am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and...
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. >>> coming up, whol would ronald reagan be siding with? think again. >>> and he's back after his on air meltdown and laughing like we did in the office today. >>> and bo obama takes us on a tour of the white house. you're watching "politicsnation" on msnbc. >>> it's official. powerball officials say two people had the right number to win the $580 million jackpot. two people. yeah. so congratulations to the lucky winners. mitt and ann romney. >> oh, 580 million, just throw it on the pile. >> yeah. [ male announcer ] introducing the new dell xps 12. part of a whole new line of tablets from dell. it's changing the conversation. ♪ it's changing the conversation. if we want to improve our schools... ... what should we invest in?e maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ... nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. maybe you want to incorporate a
. >>> coming up, whol would ronald reagan be siding with? think again. >>> and he's back after his on air meltdown and laughing like we did in the office today. >>> and bo obama takes us on a tour of the white house. you're watching "politicsnation" on msnbc. >>> it's official. powerball officials say two people had the right number to win the $580 million jackpot. two people. yeah. so congratulations to the lucky winners. mitt and ann romney....
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. >> remember ronald reagan saying that sound you are hearing around his feet when he signed a tax bill was the cement breaking. sometimes you have to compromise. thank you both very much. chuck todd, charlie linein the is next. [ thunk ] sweet! [ male announcer ] the solid thunk of the door on the jetta. thanks, mister! [ meow ] [ male announcer ] another example of volkswagen quality. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the 2012 jetta for $159 a month. woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn't cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this? [ heart rate increases ] woman #2: but i don't even live near the water. what you don't know about flood insurance may shock you -- including the fact that a preferred risk policy starts as low as $129 a year. for an agent, call the number that appears on your screen. sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns double miles on every purchase, every day! woo-hoo!!! so that
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. >> ronald reagan -- >> now you're jack kennedy? >> ronald reagan -- >> "now's" terri o'neal on the romney ticket's disaster for women. >> if the romney/ryan ticket is elected, should those who believe abortion should remain legal be worried? >> david cay johnston on ryan's sixth study lie. >> can you guarantee this math will add up? >> absolutely. six studies have guaranteed. >> and what's more disrespectful? lying to america or interrupting a guy who's lying to america? >> it was openly contemptuous and disrespectful. >> karen finney on the right wing freak-out over joe biden's knockout performance. >> ever felt that way where you just want to deck somebody? >> an obnoxious drunk. i think somewhere during the debate he took ritalin. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. what did we see? we witnessed a schooling on the issues by vice president joe biden last night. it really was the shot in the arm the democrats and the progressives were hoping for. after watching mitt romney get away with lie after lie
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may talk about ronald reagan but they haven't really embraced ronald reagan. >> somehow i don't think he hit the nail on the head. but louisiana governor bobby jindal might be onto something. he says the republicans need to stop being the stupid party. wow, the stupid party. there is a war inside the gop and nobody knows how this will end. joining me now, steve kornacki and krystal ball, co-hosts of "the cycle" on msnbc. >> our guys, the upper echelon of the republican party, want to fashion themselves as members of the ruling class. we the country class are not in the ruling class. we're in a problem. >> steve, limbaugh is pointing to a big split in the party. where do you think this is going? is this a fight we're going to see rush and the establishment have? >> yeah. this is the problem for the republican party. that kind of a fight is probably good for rush limbaugh in terms of it gives him something to talk about, gives him status within the conservative movement. and it really allows him to rile up his audience, his base and say, i'm the voice of the pure conservative. it's this
may talk about ronald reagan but they haven't really embraced ronald reagan. >> somehow i don't think he hit the nail on the head. but louisiana governor bobby jindal might be onto something. he says the republicans need to stop being the stupid party. wow, the stupid party. there is a war inside the gop and nobody knows how this will end. joining me now, steve kornacki and krystal ball, co-hosts of "the cycle" on msnbc. >> our guys, the upper echelon of the republican...
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reagan embodied optimism. they were the keys to ronald reagan's greatness as an american leader. the famous diagnosis. reagan explained perfectly. if there is a single reform romd ray gap has identified with it is tax reform. ronald reagan offered supply side economics at home and a roll back of soviet communism abroad. reagan. >> receiving only applause and adulation, ryan defended a budget that cuts taxes for corporations and the rich while slashing the social safety net with cuts to food stamps, medicare and medicaid. and ryan argued that his plan is better for the nation's poor. >> president obama's policies take from hard-working americans and give to companies and privileged special interests. i will call it what it is. it's corporate welfare and we propose to end it. >> in the same evening, the republican congressman accused the president of being guilty of the politics of division and attempting to recast romney as mitt the messiah. >> americans have always rejected those with nothing to offer but cynicism and the politics of division. and right now, that's all they are g
reagan embodied optimism. they were the keys to ronald reagan's greatness as an american leader. the famous diagnosis. reagan explained perfectly. if there is a single reform romd ray gap has identified with it is tax reform. ronald reagan offered supply side economics at home and a roll back of soviet communism abroad. reagan. >> receiving only applause and adulation, ryan defended a budget that cuts taxes for corporations and the rich while slashing the social safety net with cuts to...
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that's what gave power to ronald reagan's version of supply-side economics. he was able to argue, at least, and i think sincerely, that it would help all of america. mitt romney, behind closed doors, made no such attempt to sugarcoat it in any way. he said, look, we want tax cuts -- >> trying to clean up for it, howard and cynthia. today in atlanta, mitt romney argued he would help the poor and the middle class. let's take a listen. >> this is how america works. it does not work by a government saying, become dependent on government, become dependent upon redistribution. that will kill the american entrepreneurship that's lifted our economy over the years. the issue of this campaign is not who cares about the poor and the middle class. i do. he does. the question is, who can help the poor and the middle class? i can. he can't. he's proven it in four years. >> spoken like a man born on third base. you know, given his name, his prominence, his wealth, given his education, prep school, and on to the ivy league, a man who doesn't like redistribution unless it com
that's what gave power to ronald reagan's version of supply-side economics. he was able to argue, at least, and i think sincerely, that it would help all of america. mitt romney, behind closed doors, made no such attempt to sugarcoat it in any way. he said, look, we want tax cuts -- >> trying to clean up for it, howard and cynthia. today in atlanta, mitt romney argued he would help the poor and the middle class. let's take a listen. >> this is how america works. it does not work by...
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ronald reagan, the speeches that ronald reagan gave for ge in the 1950s are the speeches ronald reagan gave on the campaign trail in 1976, in 1980, and 1984, and at the republican national convention at 1988 when he said good-bye to america. the same speech. and these guys, michael steele, these guys can't deliver the same speech like a week apart. it is maddening how undiscipl e undisciplined they are. >> well, i think that's the core of it right there. and the messaging has been the enemy of the party, i think, since really last year. and this ability to -- the inability to communicate what you believe and how you're going to move the country forward, i think has been a large driver here. you've seen -- seen it reflected in the fact you have a slow or low turnout in republicans, who were juiced coming into the cycle, you know, to do this campaign to defeat the president. and yet we can't seem to be getting them to get to the polls. and a lot of that is the messaging. how these candidates are communicating. and i thought it was well put, you know, if santorum had taken that big speech
ronald reagan, the speeches that ronald reagan gave for ge in the 1950s are the speeches ronald reagan gave on the campaign trail in 1976, in 1980, and 1984, and at the republican national convention at 1988 when he said good-bye to america. the same speech. and these guys, michael steele, these guys can't deliver the same speech like a week apart. it is maddening how undiscipl e undisciplined they are. >> well, i think that's the core of it right there. and the messaging has been the...